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Body cam turned off in police killing of 17-year-old Jemboy Baltazar
(www.rappler.com)
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this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2023
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Explain to me why they’re allowed to turn off their body cam. Should they not have a fail safe to stay on even after the officer turns it off?
When this was first announced as some kind of breakthrough in preventing police abuses, most people correctly predicted that the bodycams will be turned off or unavailable when needed. They weren't wrong.
Until we get to a point that action cams can run on battery for more than 24 hours during which only the supervisor has access to opening the cam and charging it, these cops have plausible deniability.
The bodycam pc for my local sheriff's office is an area accessable to anyone who can get past the lobby and the password is one of the top 3 "never use" passwords. The problem is much deeper in many locations.
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As with a lot of things that happened during the duterte administration, the body cams were for show. This was used to placate people who were wary of police abuse and likely as an opportunity for corruption.